"picker-up" meaning in All languages combined

See picker-up on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pickers-up [plural], picker-upper [alternative], picker-upperer [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|pickers-up}} picker-up (plural pickers-up)
  1. A person employed on a shoot to pick up dead game.
    Sense id: en-picker-up-en-noun-MQhpyF2m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 13 48
  2. (colloquial) A person who picks things up. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-picker-up-en-noun-Owz1Tq7K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 13 48 Disambiguation of People: 0 100 0
  3. A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in. Synonyms: lugger, roper, runner, steerer
    Sense id: en-picker-up-en-noun-2w-MVBL5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 13 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 25 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 22 55 Disambiguation of Occupations: 28 30 43

Inflected forms

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    },
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        "A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in."
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        {
          "word": "roper"
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "steerer"
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